Punjabi music sensation Diljit Dosanjh recently opened up on a rather stressful episode from his childhood and his complicated equation with his parents. In an interview with YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia aka Beer Biceps, the ‘Born To Shine’ hitmaker revealed his bond with his parents Sukhwinder Kaur and Balbir Singh Dosanjh.
In the podcast with Beer Biceps, the ‘Good Newwz’ star said that his parents sent him away with a relative without consulting as they wanted him to have a better life. “I was eleven years old when I left my home and started living with my mamaji (maternal uncle). I came to the city leaving my village behind. I shifted to Ludhiana. He said ‘send him to the city with me’ and my parents said ‘Yes, take him.’ My parents did not even ask me..” he told Allahabadia.
Dosanjh said that since the digital revolution had still not taken place, mobile phones were not prevalent and as he did not have money, he couldn’t call his family on a daily basis. “I used to stay alone in a small room. I used to just go to school and come back, there wasn’t any TV. I had a lot of time. Also, we didn’t have mobile phones back then, even if I had to call home or receive a call from my parents, it cost us money. So I started becoming distant from my family,” he reflected.
However, the singer-actor refuses to hold a grudge against his parents. “I respect my mother a lot. My father is a very sweet person. He did not ask me anything. He did not even ask which school I studied. But my connection with them broke. Not just with